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Good evening, the pitch and putt at Gleneagles might have diverted your

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attention from the real sporting action this weekend, the night on

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sports scene, six games from the SPF L Premiership and two from the

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Championship. Round two in the Lanarkshire scrap, could Inverness

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be the Dons on doing, St Johnstone hoping to meet -- beat Dundee on the

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rebound. Reverberations for St Mirren and Celtic as they collide

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and in the Championship, could Hearts continues a hit heights and

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would Raiders, the Falkirk? We are joined by Michael Stewart and pet

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net in this evening. We start with the Lanarkshire derby. -- Pat Nevin.

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The second meeting between the sides in local days and a shift in power,

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as Hamilton emerged victorious in a dramatic League Cup penalty shoot

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out. And so the teenager, Craig Watson steps up to the spot. With a

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chance to bring Hamilton Aki 's into the next round. He's done it.

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Hamilton at keys into the quarterfinals of the League Cup. --

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Hamilton Academicals. Stuart McCall rings the changes from the team that

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lost to today's opponents in midweek, Ramsden, Carswell, Lawson,

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Irwin all in from the start. Alec Neill makes three changes from his

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side to that match. COMMENTATOR: The second meeting in four days for

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these Lanarkshire rivals. Hamilton Academicals, they came out on top on

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Wednesday. Going close again. Danny Andrew was denied there. Crawford

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providing the pass. And the Frenchman, bringing a save out of

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the keeper. The home fans will be looking for a different outcome. At

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the park. Slack from Motherwell. Grant Gilchrist B. Possession. He

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might go himself. -- Gillespie. A big deflection from Stephen McManus.

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To deny Gillespie, what might have been an opening goal. His arm making

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the intervention. Again, Hamilton Academicals are piling forward and

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again, they pass up the opportunity. It seems only a matter of time

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before one of these counts. Stuart McCall will want more from his side.

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McManus cannot get there, Francis, has made a real mess of that and

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that last the opener comes. It has been on the cards. Almost since the

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off, Tony Andrew, gifted the opportunity by disastrous

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defending, and the Academicals have the advantage. Gordon. Crawford nips

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in ahead of him. Doubling the visitors lead. And Academicals's

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dominance is rewarded, Paul Lawson was sleeping, and Crawford wanted it

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more. He gets his reward. On the stroke of half-time, 2-0. Henrik

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Oyama trying to make a dent in the lead, John Sutton, he feels his leg

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was taken away from him. Ziggy Gordon with the challenge here.

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Motherwell still to test McGovern, and they might do so here. Erwin

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with the header. It's really comfortable in the end for the

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Academicals keeper. Fraser Care challenges, it is a penalty! Judging

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that to be inside the area, this card, it is going to be yellow.

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Longridge, taken down but it was outside the box, marginally. It will

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be a penalty. Sending him the wrong way. Surely that is the point now

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for Hamilton Accies, four goals in three games now, four and one -- for

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Antoine Curier. Another decent save from the goalkeeper. Accies Our

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unbeaten since the first day of the season and they are looking full of

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confidence here -- they are unbeaten. Still, Accies pressing

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into injury time and they want another one. It is Ali Crawford.

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It's a tight angle and he squeezes it past the goalkeeper and he has a

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second of the game. His second double of the season. And Hamilton

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Accies providing a real thumping for their neighbours. Motherwell

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thrashed. STUDIO: We didn't deserve anything, we made

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horrific errors to give them the first two goals but having said that

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over the park, defensively and upfront, they were streets ahead

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today. It is one of our best performances and we still have some

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of our best players missing which is pleasing. I was saying to the guys

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and everybody I have been speaking to about how good we could be and we

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showed some of that. STUDIO: The last time Accies when the top

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flight, they managed five league wins all season, by now, they have

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won five times and we are not even through September, so many chances

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against Motherwell it was ridiculous. They played really well,

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we expected them to play well this season. The dominance was from the

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midfield, I was impressed with Crawford. They were really biting in

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the midfield. The pace that they attacked the defence. I say the

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defence, we will use that term very loosely indeed. The defending was

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comical. It was horrific. Even here, working together, taking the chance,

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maybe a little mistake. A horrible mistake. Getting onto the end of it,

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playing on pure confidence. You can tell you are confident, you hit them

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from there, it was a good hit. Look at the effort to get in now, hoping

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something is going to happen, you never know. One of the defenders

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could make a mistake, yes, they did again. You still have to do the job

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and finish it. Once again, he is being marked. It's good running, but

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why is he leaving him? It's miles of space. It is beyond me, this will be

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a recurring theme tonight. The defending. Take nothing away from

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Andreu and Crawford, they look like a good partnership. Antoine Curier

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We'll get the headlines, but those two looked very good. -- he will get

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the headlines. Andrew Neil saying this current crop could be better

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than the last team. Something is getting done right, as a team, as a

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shake everybody understands what they're meant to be doing, and the

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two guys Pat is talking about, such an important role when you are

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playing with one striker, to get up and support, they did that

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unbelievably well. Inverness Cal a deep -- Inverness Cali Thistle

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started against Aberdeen at Pitt Audrey, with others, was Rob

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Maclean. That's Pitt Barry Robson with the free kick.

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Mark Reynolds. And Goodwillie, but it's not going to count. Spectacular

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overhead kick from David Goodwillie. But Reynolds ruled to be over the

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goal line. Tanzi with the pass. Does not find

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Shinnie, Logan heading it clear. Going through the gears. It is a

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great run. He's still going. It was Gary Warren in the end who flung

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himself down, Josh Meakin 's as well to ensure he didn't open the

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scoring. Watkins is quick. WHISTLE And the challenge may be constant

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line did not have to make there. -- that he didn't have to make there.

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Greg Tanzi with the free kick for Inverness Cali Thistle. Josh

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meetings. Opens the scoring in the 17th minute.

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He was not picked up and made the most of his freedom in the penalty

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box. Planting the header into the top corner, 1-0. A good start for

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Inverness. Shane Logan. Johnny Hayes. Lovely change of direction,

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lining up the shot and slides it through instead for Adam Rooney.

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Really well disguised. Robson. It came off the head, Gary

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Warren, and Adam Rooney could be in here for the equaliser. And he is.

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It's an uncharacteristic error from the central defender Warren, it was

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never reaching the goalkeeper. There was still a bit to do, Rooney, with

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his 11th goal of the season. Warren striking the post. As he tries to

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make up for that mistake. APPLAUSE Hayes.

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He looks for the 1-2, getting it back. There's David Goodwillie.

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Logan! What a finish! What a celebration. Shane Logan turns this

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game on its head, six minutes before half-time. From 1-0 down, 2-1 up.

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APPLAUSE Shame about the dance.

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Goodwillie with the flick. Rooney. Well, that was heading for the top

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corner. Just tried to fire that across the goal. And it is needed to

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be saved. -- needed saving. Doran, lovely touch from Christie and it

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comes through for Billy Mackay, straight at Watkins. Five minutes

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into the second half, it is two goals each. It was unlucky, Logan,

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he got the ball away from Billy Mackay. All he did was to set up

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Watkins. Logan's throw, Shinnie with the header. Draper. Warren, getting

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in a mix-up, Goodwillie, saved. Johnny Hayes! He will score the

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fifth goal of the game. It is 3-2, Aberdeen. APPLAUSE

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Brill with the save pushing the ball straight to Johnny Hayes, and he was

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not going to pass up that opportunity.

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Searing pace, from Johnny Hayes. Cut back for Rooney, and saved, cleared.

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What a game Johnny Hayes has had. STUDIO:

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We don't have the budget of Aberdeen, I am so proud we came here

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and played the football we did. I was felt we were going to win the

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day, even when we went down, when they equalised, I felt it was a game

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we were always going to win and I'm delighted we showed so much energy

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to make sure this was the case but also, enough good players and a

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strong performance. Superb victory for Aberdeen in the end, they have

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tweaked their formation, it is open and attacking but so far reflective.

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They have done more than that, they have radically changed it. -- it's

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effective. So many attackers. He has so many players alongside him.

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Hayes, they are always playing 4-2-4, these players will always be

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available. The opportunities they will make. If you get together with

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the two centre forwards, usually they do not play together, but at

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the moment, with Rooney, they've got that. It creates panic, nightmare

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defending from this team. This is what the big thing is about them,

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they played two them together. They are marked, but they are not being

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used to being marked by the centre forwards. When you are dragged out,

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what happens, a massive space in the middle. We are getting used to

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seeing this, one upfront these days, but when they played too upfront,

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defenders are not used to it. Dodgy defending again. He has got options

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because they have those four, he can pass it wide, he does not come he

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gets the goal, he deserves it. We talk about the belief they have got,

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they have got it because the manager believes in them. Fantastic strike

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from Rooney. It is not normal now to see a partnership with two guys up

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front, but the other thing which is making it successful is that you

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have two guys on the wings, Hayes and Pollack, but they are also

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crossing over and coming to other areas. You saw the goal with John

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Hayes coming over, Pollack came over, it causes problems, strikers

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and wingers coming in from the lines. Great movement will

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it's four Months Since St Johnstone and Dundee United last met in the

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Scottish cup final, Saints were the winners, in fact they have beaten

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United in the last four meetings. At Tannadice we follow the action.

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Jackie McNamara makes two changes:. Tommy Wright is forced to make a

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last-minute change, with Davidsson coming into midfield.

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United on the attack. Early. Chris Erskine. Opening shot, he lets go,

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getting the deflection. Off Anderson. A good effort from the

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Turkish striker. Linking up with Erskine. Deciding to have a go

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himself, the touch from Anderson taking it towards Alan Manas. Tony

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Wright looking pensive on the touchline. St Johnstone with a

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corner, Wetherspoon, plucked out of the air, the goalkeeper, looking for

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the striker, it's a good dummy. Easton is catching up with him,

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forcing him inside. Erskine to his right and he slots it past the

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goalkeeper. A great finish from Chris Erskine. His fourth goal of

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the season. That was all about the throw, and the dummy, the power and

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the strength and the speed to get away from Easton. He did his best

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but a good kick and a good finish from Erskine. Who has started the

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season full of confidence for United and slots it past the goalkeeper.

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Witherspoon. Spreading the ball wide, early cross. Callum Morris

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fails to get out of the way and it is off the post from Halloran. As

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close as St Johnstone have come. It came from the Cross, Morris made a

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mess of it. Oh Halloran of the post unfortunately. Rankin was there to

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tidy up. It's a clever flick to get away from the defender, opening up

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here, he might have a go himself, support from Watson. It's a second

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goal for United. Paul Keating breaking from midfield getting the

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vital touch. In off the post. It is down to the trickery of the Turkish

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international working well with Armstrong. Finding support on the

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overlap from Watson. And a great finish will stop giving United a 3-0

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lead, again, it is all about the invention and the late arrival from

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Payton, for his first goal of the season. Halloran. The ball coming

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into the box, nodded down. Playing the brick, into Simon Lappin and

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over the crossbar. The midfielder. From the right-hand side, Frazer

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Wright with a knock-down, it falls for John Lappin, but he couldn't

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keep the shot down. St Johnstone looking for what would be a

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consolation goal now. It has broke to Lappin at the back post and he

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has lifted it high and wide. Tried to steer it into the top corner. He

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got too much power and not enough direction. It wasn't the prettiest

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of games, there was a lot of headers and kicking and rushing. But there

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was little bits of quality, from us, we managed to get two goals.

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Overall we're disappointed, we have worked all week, when we get

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possession and losing it, stopping them from counterattacking, we

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didn't do it. Quite easy could have come away with 0-0, maybe not

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working their keeper in. We have to be a bit more ruthless in the

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defending. Today we were not ruthless enough. STUDIO: Dundee

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United go to points clear at the top of the Premiership, and a real find

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for United, their Turkish player. We've spoken about him so many

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times, he was at the fore again. This is what a great example of what

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Dundee United are a bout. Croft, the St Johnstone player, he is trying to

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anticipate what is going to happen. As soon as he commits himself,

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Dundee United attacking at pace. It is a great ball, straightening in

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the path of Erskine, and a first-time strike. Again, you can

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understand why he's not happy with the defending. He picks the ball

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up, he wants to commit the defenders. Into the path of Watson

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and that was a great finish. We have spoken about this player and what a

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big player he is for Dundee United. Especially this season, especially

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the players that have moved on. He's even bigger. It was good resilience

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from Dundee United considering the recent record, but does this player

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have the attributes to make a mark in one of the top leagues in

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Europe, the English Premier League? I wouldn't be surprised, if he went

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to the bottom half of the Premiership, but it will be

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difficult. You don't always play a team where you get chances on the

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ball, if you put him on a team, mid, higher Premier League, he would look

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higher. In a way like Nikica Jelavic, when his team is doing

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well, but difficult, certainly the level of the Championship, no

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problem. I suppose Dundee United fans will be saying shut up. 20-1,

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Dundee United title win. It has been a tough start for John McIntyre at

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Ross County. They faced the Dundee side coming off the back of two

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derby defeat to their neighbours, commentary from Paul Mitchell.

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COMMENTATOR: Kerry. Sending it long. Brings the ball down, sending it

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just wide. Early intent from Ross County. Looking to get ahead, this

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team, for the first time this season. That's nice. Arkwright

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should score but what a challenge. Paul McGinley. Goal saving challenge

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from the full-back. He steadied himself after clever play but that

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was a clever tackle. On the angle, making all of the running, Ross

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County. Slips inside, tries to get it away, covering the goal quickly

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and that will be clear. Took some time, the striker, to get his shot

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away but it was closed down. Irvin comes across, it is a great ball.

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What a goal. 27 minutes played, and at last they are ahead in a league

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match. Ross County with a little slide. Michael Garda scores --

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Gardine. McIntyre, trying to get the message across as Ross County try to

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get their message across. A little deflection on the way through. Free

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kick taken quickly. Kerry. Delightful header. Gardine For the

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save coming, the header was clever, just a mere glance. A decent

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response from the keeper. They have lost all three at home in

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the league this season as Ross County come forward again. He has

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got that in his locker. He is able to hit from distance. Leaving the

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keeper at full stretch. Here comes Martin Boyle, ups against Graham

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Carey, a great ball and a clever finish, David Clarkson on his Dundee

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debut comes off the bench to score the equaliser. It's a perfect little

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finish. David Clarkson enjoying his return to Scotland. They have not

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been at their best but they are level. McGowan, Boyle, Carey, giving

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away that one, it goes to McGowan, you could see what he wanted to do.

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Trying to chip it into the far corner. Trying to catch out Mark

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Brown, well off target in the end. Dundee with their first league

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defeat of the season, against United. Puts the ball back, Greg

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Stuart. Dundee almost found a way ahead. Stuart followed up and it was

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a good save from Brown. This is the final minute, inside it comes,

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Moyes, Darren Madsen at the back post. And Ross County have a winner.

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Rounded off by Darren Madsen, he's not scored in over a year, what an

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impact he's made. It is the least we deserved, the way we played in the

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first half was exceptional, we couldn't get the ball in the net. We

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should have been more ahead than what we were. But that team kept

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going and they kept doing the right things. We got it at the end and

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there's no better time to score the goal and it's what we deserved. It

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was a cruel way to lose the game, but overall, we were poor today, it

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was not one of our best performances. You can only play as

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well as you can play. We made too many mistakes and too many players

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had an off day. Ross County with their first point of the season and

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a big win for Jim McIntyre, why did it click yesterday? It will always

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take time. What you see here, a lot of opportunities for Ross County. A

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lot of action around the Dundee box, predominantly, coming from the wide

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areas. Dundee play a narrow midfield. Huge holes in the backline

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for Dundee, they play a narrow midfield. A lot of which is expected

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from the full-backs which can be few exposed. -- a lot of space. Gardine

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Did well to bundle it over the line. The balls in from wide areas,

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the full-backs, even here, with a goal in the last minute. This ball

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coming across the face of goal. At the back post you might expect the

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opposite side wide man to be filling in. Didn't have it in the formation

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they are playing and you saw that last week with the Dundee derby.

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They get punished in the wide areas. It's been a good start for Dundee

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but a bad week for Paul Hartley. Ever since he was linked with the

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Cardiff City job. That's not the reason for it, it was just unlucky

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timing. Almost comparing them with Hamilton, they came up with a real

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lift, they had good seasons. They came up with confidence and belief,

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but after that comes reality. They are waiting for the reality for

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Hamilton, they keep going. This could be reality for Dundee, it is

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how they react. They have such belief. Paul Hartley will adapt. If

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there is a weakness in the system, he will plug-in.

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Could Kilmarnock continue their promising start to the premiership

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season? They played host to Partick Thistle

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at Rugby Park. A couple of alterations. It has been

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an inconsistent start to the season for Partick Thistle, who scraped

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past St Mirren in midweek for the cup. It is just two wins in 19 for

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the Jags against Kilmarnock. It is something they will be keen to

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remedy. A wonderful ball from Eremenko for Johnston.

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Great double save. Obadeyi! Kilmarnock get their noses in

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front. Toby Obadeyi, with his second for the club.

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Higginbotham was unlucky. He just revives the spark that Partick

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Thistle are so desperate for. Killie have only lost one of their last six

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in the league. That is Pascali! And that is 2-0. Eremenko's corner, met

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flush by Pascali. That is his first goal in 20 months. The Italian

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skipper. Obadeyi gets his second! That will secure the points. Fox was

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beaten. He will not be happy with that. It is 3-0 to the Ayrshire men.

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That was almost ask Ali again. -- almost Pascali again. Absolutely

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delighted. Fantastic team performance. I think Eremenko

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deserves a special mention. He showed a lot of quality today. I

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thought the first half was quite even. We missed a good chance. Our

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corner kicks no doubt the premiership needs

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quality players. Yesterday, Eremenko ran the show. The one thing you can

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say about Eremenko, he is not go to win any 100 metre dash is, but get

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close to him and he will not run away from you. Give him half a yard,

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and he will pick up wonderful passes. That was a massive amount of

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space. Do not do that with Eremenko. I

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think Killie fans are getting some good football this season. But the

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Thistle boss will be thinking, what are we standing off him for?

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Eremenko was running the show yesterday. Presumably they have to

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nullify him? Everybody would try and nullify him. He is not going to run

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away, so you want to close down the space. With good players, even when

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they are marked, they can create their own space. That is something

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Eremenko is very good at. In which to come, if somebody is trying to

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mark him, he is such a good player that he can create his own space and

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he is always looking for those passes between fullbacks and centre

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halves. The gaps were too big from Partick Thistle. Kilmarnock top six?

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I don't think so. In their hearts, they would probably accept

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mid-table. For their head, I am giving no answer.

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The early game yesterday 's saw Celtic take on St Mirren.

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This is a good start, positive from Celtic.

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It was an awkward bounce for the striker to control.

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Good effort! Craig Gordon was not getting there. It is a fantastic

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strike. There is a shout for handball there. Craig Thompson

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disagreed with the appeals. Brown has continued his run down the

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left-hand side. Grid Etty... In it goes! -- be dirty.

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John Guidetti put Celtic in front with his second in two games.

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Saints are looking for an early riposte. Is this a corner? It is

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certainly what has been given. Didn't look as though it went out of

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play there. St Mirren will have felt hard done

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by going in at the interval behind, but they have retaliated in

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excellent fashion at the start of the second period. Craig Gordon's

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distribution put his team under pressure. The initial effort came

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from Naismith. What a beautiful pass from Stokes.

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Guidetti! The lead is restored. Guidetti finished, but that was all

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about the pass from Stokes, which was a thing of beauty.

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A free kick for handball. Came off the arm of Naismith. A wonderful

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free kick. That was not far away. We were a bit tired today, I think. And

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also on the ball, we did not make too many touches and get the tempo

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we wanted. But we were strong to get back when they went 1-1 against us.

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The only thing that has got to come is goals. We have played like that

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in a number of games this season. There have been disappointing

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performances, but by and large, we have produced that on a few

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occasions. So the answer is, if we can start knocking the ball in the

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back of the net, we will be fine. Could John Guidetti beat the striker

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Celtic have in crying out for? He could. He is different to what the

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other teams have got. He causes people a lot of problems. He is not

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the only one. That is what Ronny Deila once. But he reacts quicker.

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It was a great ball from Scott. He is different to all the other

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strikers they have got. This guy is a real number nine, if is a good

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presence. Great instinctive strike against Hearts, midweek. They play

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Dinamo Zagreb on Thursday night. Kris Commons is out injured, and

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they are lacking that penetration at the moment. They are. McAskill has

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got a bit of pace. When you look at Guidetti and what he has given

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them, they might ask the other strikers, even if you are not going

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to get there, go along and stretch their defence. List of about St

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Mirren, Michael. Steven Thompson has probably spent more time done on the

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pitch this season. They are really lacking goals. Kenny McLean's always

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the first home goal for them in the league this season. It was an

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uncharacteristic mistake from Craig Gordon here.

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There was another mistake when he is palming that out. The ball come

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straight back at you sometimes and it is difficult to control it, but

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Kenny McLean has great technique. All that leaves the premiership

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table looking like this. And that is where we leave the

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premiership for now and turn our attention to the Championship.

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Hearts have been a runaway success story so far this season in the

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Championship. Robinho sun's team are top of the table and still have to

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lose a game. They played host to a Livingston side under the guidance

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of former Hearts boss, John McGlynn.

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That is enough for the opening goal. He found the corner.

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Off the bar. El Hassnaoui made good contact, but could only put it wide.

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That was deflect it and in. It picked up a little touch. Half an

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hour played at Tynecastle. Hearts are two ahead.

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This is 3-0. Osman Soul does not miss from there. Strolled onto the

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ball. That was clinical from Osman. The wrong option. They think there

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was a touch on Neil Alexander. Gomez was denied by the bar.

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Hearts have not scored in the second half, but not for want of trying.

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And there is the goal in the second half. All three substitutes

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combined. A simple one to three, and Hearts scored.

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We scored some goals. Probably could have scored a few more. Good to get

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the 5-0, but disappointed it was not more. We never really got going at

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all. Hearts were dominant from very early. It is really disappointing.

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A real statement of intent once again from Hearts. So, you have this

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maverick striker who is great to watch. He certainly is. Even from

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the first game of the season, you could tell he was a character at the

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top layer. -- and a top player. He has a real presence full is he never

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gets bullied about by any centre halves. He also has got slight feet.

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He was unlucky not to score there. Getting across the defender and

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knowing he just needs to guide it across the face of the goalkeeper,

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all-round, he is somebody that Hearts have missed for a number of

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years, a real presence up front. Lots has been made of Robinho sun's

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three training sessions a day for Hearts players -- Neil Robertson.

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Keep doing what you are doing! It is very tough and I suspect they may be

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exhausted. That's right, you can't expect the

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guys to put in three physical training sessions. There are

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footballing sessions, but also interspersed with the analysis.

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Since be working so far. Lydia focus on the big clubs in the Championship

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this season, but two signings who will definitely have a sling -- say

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in how finishes are Falkirk and Raith Rovers.

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Both these sides have a design a play-off slot, come the end of the

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season. The second half got a little more goalmouth action.

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Both sides had to content themselves with a point. We had to rely on our

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goalkeeper. A lot of credit goes to the whole team, working from top to

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bottom. Keeping a clean sheet is massive in this league. The

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defensive performance is vital. We were still going at it for the last

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ten, 15 minutes. Tomorrow night, Rangers take on

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Hibernian in the Championship. The Rangers defender is already

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discounting Hibs in terms of being a presence in this promotion race in

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the Championship. And he has got a point, the way things are going. He

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has probably got a point. We would not be surprised if it is Hibs and

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Hearts slogging it out. Promotion for Hibs is a long way off. I think

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Hibs just want to get themselves say first. There are plenty of good

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players there. The manager may need to allow more time. Born Stubbs has

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come in, but the general malaise at Hibs has not gone away. No, it has

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not. For Hibs, this is the beauty of the play-offs. They have got a good

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bit of time to try to get back into it. And with those four places at

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the top of the table, they could sneak in to the play-offs at the end

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of the season. Thank you both very much. Two other results in the

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Championship this weekend. And that is it from Team Sportscene

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for tonight. Congratulations to Team Europe. We are back with a football

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next weekend. Until then, all of a sudden, good night.

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